Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Watching the Baptism
1995
United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster titled “Watching the Baptism”. In the center of the image, an unidentified woman is seated in a lawn chair. She is wearing a plain white dress and wearing a watch and multiple rings. In her proper right hand, she holds a tambourine. She is wearing sunglasses and a white hat and is looking to the left of the camera. There is a bag with a geometric pattern and a white shirt on the grass next to the chair. There are trees visible in the background. The edge of the negative is partially visible around the image. There is a numerical inscription on the reverse.
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Catalog reference: 2018.41.8
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